
6 June 2020

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Saturday 9: When Love Goes Wrong (Nothing Goes Right) 1953
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it
here.
1) This is from the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Have you seen it?
Yes. A few times. This might have been the first
movie I saw Marilyn Monroe in.
2) The lyrics tell us that, when love goes wrong, "a match won't light." When
did you most recently light a match?
I can't remember. I use a flint to light the stove, so I
don't need a match.
3) The duet is performed at a French sidewalk cafe, where Jane Russell and
Marilyn Monroe are (literally) sharing a cup of coffee. With whom did you most
recently have coffee?
I have coffee with Walt and Ned every morning. As for
"going OUT for coffee," probably a year or more.
4) The tune was written by prolific composer Hoagy Carmichael. He was
influenced by his mother, who earned extra money for the family playing piano
during silent movies. Who in your life influenced your career choices?
I was a typist, a medical transcriptionist, and a medical office
manager and then theater critic. NOBODY in my life influenced my career
choices. I just kind of fell into the jobs as they became available.
5) Jane and Marilyn shared something beyond movie stardom. They were both
married to Hall of Famers. Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio, who was
inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. Jane was married to quarterback
Bob Waterfield, inducted into the football Hall of Fame in 1965. Which sport
would you rather watch: baseball or football?
It's a toss up. It depends on (a) where I am and (b) who
I'm with. I enjoy watching baseball at the stadium, I love watching
football with Tom
6) Jane and Bob Waterfield were high school sweethearts at Van Nuys High. The
Southern California school was used as a set for the 1982 movie, Fast Times
at Ridgemont High. Tell us something about your high school.
St.
Vincent High School in San Francisco. It was an all-girls catholic school
with 200 students. It was a beautiful building inside. When you went
through the front doors you were met with this gorgeous wooden staircase (which
the students didn't use). It had been the best clerical school in the city
and a few years before I entered it became college-prep. There were 60 in
my graduating class. Teachers were Daughters of Charity and I didn't have
my first non-nun teacher until my sophomore year (only nuns all through grammar
school). I recently asked one of my high school friends if we had showers,
because I didn't remember taking showers after gym class. She can't
remember showers either.
7) Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio met on a blind date at a Hollywood restaurant
called Villa Nova. Have you ever arranged a blind date? If so, did the couple
hit it off and end up dating?
I don't think I ever arranged a blind date, but my first
date was a blind date. it worked out so well we dated for 3 years until he
went into the seminary.
8) In 1953, when Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was released, a tornado did
severe damage to Waco, TX. Tell us about a major weather event that you endured
(tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, etc.).
In California you don't get "major weather events." You get
earthquakes.
9) Random question: You see a filthy puddle. Floating on top are cigarette
butts, a leaf, and a $1 bill. Would you bend over and rescue the dollar?
If I have something to put it in when I pick it up, yes.